Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2023

The Ohio State (OSU) & Wilberforce University Team has been named the winner of Year One of the EcoCAR Electric Vehicle (EV) Challenge, taking the lead in the four-year collegiate engineering competition.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA). West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) . More than 27,000 students from 93 unique educational institutions have participated to date, seeding the industry with engineers who have helped redefine the automobile over the last three decades. University of California, Davis (Davis, CA).

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Universal GM Electric Vehicles West Virginia 334

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2019

The study was conducted in 2018 by West Virginia University’s Center of Alternatives Fuels, Engines, and Emissions (CAFEE). West Virginia University’s Center for Alternative Fuels Engines and Emissions (CAFEE) completed two types of tests at different times of the year during 2018 on four Blue Bird school buses.

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West Virginia Diesel Emissions Virginia 312

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2022

Fontaine will offer application engineering, integration, and installation of eNow’s proprietary renewable Rayfrigeration eTRU technology on refrigerated trailers from all manufacturers. The system can be powered by any combination of solar, e-axle and shore power.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of grant funding to implement projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. EPA anticipates awarding approximately $44 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Program (DERA) grant funding to eligible applicants.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2012

engine facility to increase North American production of V6 engines. TMMAL) to build an additional 216,000 engines each year, boosting total V6 annual capacity to 362,000. TMMAL currently assembles 4-cylinder, V6 and V8 engines for eight of 12 Toyota North American built vehicles. million per year. million per year.

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Alabama Toyota West Virginia Engine 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Power, EV adoption in the US is growing increasingly divided, with the most active states for EV adoption already on the path to parity with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and consumers steadily pulling back on EV purchases in the least-active states. According to the latest data from J.D. of the total new-vehicle retail market.

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South Dakota North Dakota Power Powered 370

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

liter engine, five-speed automated manual transmission, 150 kW electric machine, and an 18.9 Teams also spent several days presenting to judges and proving how they have developed into the next generation of engineers and business leaders who are prepared to enter the auto industry and related careers. kWh energy storage system.

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Ohio West Virginia Los Angeles GM 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

The investments will include adding new production of hybrid transaxles (hybrid vehicle transmissions) at the Buffalo, West Virginia, manufacturing facility; expanding 2.5-liter liter engine capacity at the Georgetown, Kentucky, plant; increasing production of 2.5-liter liter engine blocks. liter engine blocks.

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West Virginia Toyota Hybrid Alabama 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2023

In an open-access paper in the journal Environmental Engineering Science , the team reports that the process successfully cleaned clean coal mine drainage while producing rare-earth elements in samples from various rivers across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. 2021.0378.

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Coal Clean Cleaning West Virginia 283

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2012

Toyota will increase annual engine assembly capacity of 4-cylinder engines by more than 100,000 at its plant in Georgetown, Ky. This investment will increase engine production at the Kentucky plant to more than 500,000 annually and will increase total engine production in the United States to more than 1.2

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Kentucky Toyota West Virginia Engine 199

Green Car Reports

MAY 25, 2016

It was discovered by independent researchers from West Virginia University (WVU), working with the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Volkswagen's use of illegal "defeat device" software in its TDI diesel cars wasn't uncovered by the Environmental Protection Agency—or by any other regulatory agency.

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West Virginia Diesel Virginia Emissions 97

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2018

The technology commercialization team includes SoCalGas, C4, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and West Virginia University (WVU). The new catalyst and technique will be further developed and evaluated at both West Virginia University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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Carbon Fiber West Virginia Hydrogen Carbon 280

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The program has moved into bench-scale and engineering-scale prototype materials processing to address scale-up challenges and opportunities. West Virginia University Research Corporation (Morgantown, WV). The selected projects will accelerate the advancement of these commercially viable technologies. UPSHOTS, LLC (Forsyth, GA).

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Coal Design West Virginia North Dakota 207

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of grant funding to implement projects which reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. Under this competition, EPA anticipates awarding between 40 and 70 assistance agreements. Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S.

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EPA Diesel Puerto Rico Emissions 207

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

To be successful, universities will need to recruit a diverse team of students and faculty, spanning many engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, computer and software engineering, as well as communications, marketing and project management. Virginia Tech. West Virginia University. dSPACE, Inc.;

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General Motors Motor Motors Motoring 350

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2018

West Virginia University (WVU) researchers are opening a new facility to capture rare earth elements (REEs) from acid mine drainage (AMD) from coal mining. Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the West Virginia Water Research Institute and principal investigator on the project, is an expert in acid mine drainage.

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West Virginia Coal Virginia Waste 170

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Pennsylvania and West Virginia reported the largest net increases in natural gas proved reserves in 2013, driven by continued development of the Marcellus Shale play, the largest US shale gas play based on proved reserves. Tcf in West Virginia) and were 70% of the net increase in proved natural gas reserves in 2013.

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Oil West Virginia Mexico North Dakota 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2019

manufacturing plant; expanding engine capacity at its Huntsville, Ala. In Alabama, Toyota’s $288,000,000 investment will increase annual engine capacity from 670,000 to 900,000 by the end of 2021 to increase product flexibility and better accommodate market demand. facility as well as additional castings at its Troy, Mo.

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Toyota Lexus Missouri West Virginia 239

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Once acquired, Aurora will be a subsidiary under Boeing Engineering, Test & Technology known as Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company. Headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, Aurora has more than 550 employees and operates in six states in the U.S.

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West Virginia Virginia Columbus Mississippi 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2017

In a new study, a team from UCLA, with colleagues from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and West Virginia University, measured total particle number emission factors (PNEFs) from six newly certified heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) powered by diesel and CNG totaling over 6,800 miles of on-road operation in California.

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Diesel California West Virginia Virginia 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2014

Virginia Tech. West Virginia University. Teams will follow a real-world Vehicle Development Process (VDP) to design and integrate their advanced technology solutions into GM-donated Camaro, gaining hands-on experience with industry-leading engineering tools and the latest vehicle components and technologies.

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West Virginia Los Angeles VUE Virginia 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2016

The RII Track-2 awards support research while also requiring award recipients to invest in developing a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce—particularly of early-career faculty researchers. These four-year awards support 27 institutions in 18 eligible jurisdictions. Lead organization. Description.

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EV Adoption

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Five states had EV (BEV + PHEV) sales share in Q2 of less than 2% (Arkansas, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming). Four states (California, Colorado, Nevada, and New Jersey) had a higher EV (BEV + PHEV) sales share in Q2 2022 than regular hybrid sales share for the state. Cost of this file is $425.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

West Virginia University Research Corporation. At-source Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Mine Drainage West Virginia University Research Corporation will develop a process to extract an enriched, mixed REE product from Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) at the production site, upstream of conventional AMD treatment.

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Coal West Virginia North Dakota Virginia 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Researchers at West Virginia University will lead a team that will investigate ways to convert stranded gas resources into value-added liquid products that could reduce the United States’ demand for crude oil by up to 20%. —John Hu, Statler Chair in Engineering for Natural Gas Utilization at WVU.

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Gas West Virginia Production Market 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2012

Earlier this year, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana (Princeton); Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (San Antonio); and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia (Buffalo). The ENERGY STAR Challenge For Industry program is only awarded to individual industrial sites.

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EPA Toyota St. Louis Manufacturer 225

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the US’ existing fleet of diesel engines. Grant funds may be used for clean diesel projects that use: EPA-verified retrofit technologies or certified engine configurations.

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EPA Diesel Fleet Puerto Rico 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2017

UPS has deployed more than 4,400 natural gas vehicles and a network of fueling stations, said Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability. In 2016, UPS used more than 61 million gallons of natural gas in its ground fleet, which included 4.6 million gallons of renewable natural gas.

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Gas West Virginia Alternative Fuels Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines. Greatly Reduced Vehicle Platinum Group Metals Content Using Engineered, Highly Dispersed Precious Metal Catalysts.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

—Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability. Taken together, all of our alternative fuel vehicles represent 6% of the more than 100,000 UPS global fleet, and have driven a 10% annual reduction in use of conventional fuel.

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El Paso Gas San Antonio Fort Worth 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2021

New Engineering Concepts to High Energy Density Li-S Batteries. West Virginia University Research Corporation. Strategies to Enable Lean Electrolytes for High Loading and Stable Li-S Pouch Cells. University of Illinois at Chicago. Development of a High-Rate Lithium-Air Battery using a Gaseous CO 2 Reactant. Cummins, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2017

Researchers at West Virginia University have characterized pump-to-wheels methane emissions from heavy-duty (HD) natural-gas-fueled vehicles and the compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling stations that serve them. The gray boxes indicate the sources of methane emissions that are possible. Click to enlarge.

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Gas Emissions Fuel West Virginia 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

Lightning Hybrids’ system functions like other hybrids that add a secondary power source to an existing engine. Both vehicles were first tested without Lightning’s hydraulic hybrid system to provide a baseline with which to compare the results with the hybrid system installed.

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Hybrid Emissions West Virginia Colorado 275

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

VW was slowly moving beyond conventional gasoline and diesel engines anyway, Lux noted, with plans of putting out 20 more plug-in vehicles by 2020 ( earlier post )—such as the production version of the Audi e-tron quattro. Earlier post.) Lux suggests that regulators need to revise their testing protocols for real-world performance.

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West Virginia Diesel Lithium Sulfur Plug-in 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

UK startup Libertine LPE has developed a free piston linear power generator technology that it says overcomes the key challenges faced by earlier free piston engine schemes of motion control, emissions and power conversion efficiency. However, motion control is a significant design challenge for free piston engines, Libertine notes.

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Waste Power Powered West Virginia 150

Electric Auto Association

DECEMBER 2, 2021

These vehicles, with mostly internal combustion engines, emit smog-causing particles that are 30 times smaller than the width of a human hair and can penetrate deeply into the lungs and bloodstream of those living nearby. No wonder, then, that there are higher rates of heart disease, cancer, and asthma in underserved areas.

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